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"Grand Challenge is, we are inviting the start-ups and companies which have innovations to support us and provide ideas in terms of how we can expand our coverage, how can (we) improve quality (under Ayushman Bharat), reduce costs, and we will select top seven innovations."

In the letter to Modi, the Rajasthan chief minister requested him to make the National Food Security Act, 2013, instead of the socio-economic caste census-2011 data as the eligibility criteria for the health insurance scheme.

The FDA minister said that the Maharashtra government is trying to bring back the pharmaceutical industries that had gone to Himachal Pradesh a few years ago as the hilly state was offering tax relief.

Titled Comprehensive National Nutrition Survey, the report also noted that 8.9% children in the 10-19 years age group in the state had increased blood pressure level against a national average of 4.9%. It also recorded high triglyceride level in 10% children both in the country and the state.

The government said malnutrition in urban areas is mainly caused by increasing population of the poor, food safety risks and unhealthy food environment, and asked the states to expand the outreach of health and nutrition services among slum-dwellers and migrant population.

Consumption of food contaminated with Salmonella can cause salmonellosis, one of the most common bacterial food-borne illnesses. The most common symptoms of salmonellosis are diarrhea, abdominal cramps, and fever within 12 to 72 hours after eating the contaminated product.

According to the research published in the journal 'Cancer Prevention Research', the most significant reduction in risk occurred in the first 10 years after quitting, with a modest but continued decline in later years.